Rashida Tlaib, a Palestinian American from Detroit, will become the first Muslim Woman to ever be elected to Congress, and she’s also a Democratic Socialist. But...Is Socialism Dead? That’s what pundits are proclaiming because a number of Ocasio-Cortez backed candidates lost their primaries this week.
New York Times Magazine releases “Losing Earth,” by Nathaniel Rich - a devastating look at the chance to stop climate change between 1979 and 1989. Naomi Klein corrects Rich’s retreat to “human nature” in his conclusion. Meanwhile, California battles the largest fire in the state’s history as 17 additional fires still burn. Want a look at our dystopian climate future? Just take a look at California’s use of prison labor to help fight these fires. Inmates are being paid as little as $1 to $2 a day.
In today’s “you’ve-got-to-be-kidding-me” file, President of AFL-CIO Richard Trumpka offers qualified support for Trump’s trade policies and would not rule out supporting Trump in 2020 when asked.
Trump goes off the rails in Wilkes-Barre. We get mainstream media introductions to QAnon and the Washington Post profiles white supremacist sanctuary city in Ulysses, PA.
Some of the biggest winners of the Trump Tax Break are...surprise, surprise...Corporate CEOs.
In today’s PA focus, the Koch Brothers’ Americans for Prosperity gets ready to dump cash in the state to back Scott Wagner. Scott Wagner flip-flops on climate change, sort of.
Tom Wolf says that Pennsylvania is “not ready” for recreational marijuana even though two-thirds of Pennsylvanians want it. Attorney General Josh Shapiro’s 18-month-long investigation detailing sexual abuse allegations against more than 300 Catholic priests is due out any day now. Are there still behind-the-scenes legal efforts to delay the report’s release?
In today’s last call, Kevin gets a dog. Sean makes cocktails. Next Free Range is coming. And, Raging Chicken is going to Netroots Nation 2019 in Philly!
Friday Politics Roundup for Friday April 8, 2022
Out d’Coup LIVE | David Backer - Ending ”Toxic Financing” of our public schools
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Out d’Coup | Amazon Labor Union; Don’t say gay bill; OK’s abortion ban; West Chester Dem school board members removed; Pennridge ends DEI; Moment of reckoning for PA labor movement; The Dungeon Run
Out d’Coup LIVE | Jessica Corbett, staff writer at CommonDreams, on fossil-fueled war in Ukraine, Biden’s misdirected LNG plan, & windfall profit tax proposed by Sanders, Markey, and Bowman
Out d’Coup | Ketanji Brown Jackson; Ginni Thomas Texts; Guaranteed Income Pilot in GA; Antarctic Heat; PA Teacher Shortage; Worthington Sues Ehasz; more!
Out d’Coup LIVE | William Horne - Post Doc @ Villanova U & Editor of The Activist History Review
Out d’Coup LIVE | Cyril Mychalejko - Progressive columnist at Bucks County Courier Times/The Intelligencer & The Bucks County Beacon
Out d’Coup | Invasion of Ukraine Continues; TikTok and Misinformation; Freedom Caravan Needs GPS; Endurance Found; Right-wing Antics; Bucks County legislative districts; Gwen Stoltz; Central Bucks
Out d’Coup LIVE | Alyssa Bowen - Senior Researcher & Managing Editor for progressive watchdog group True North Research
Friday Politics Roundup | Amy Knect is back to talk Philly’s guaranteed income program, UBI, and Pennridge School Board meeting
Out d’Coup LIVE | Connor OHanlon - Progressive Democratic candidate for PA’s 29th legislative district
Out d’Coup | Friday Politics Roundup with Amy Knecht - Russia Invades Ukraine, Pennridge Meeting Goes Off the Rails; and Authoritarianism
Out d’Coup LIVE @ 7PM | Diana Leygerman - Central Bucks writer, teacher, activist
Out d’Coup LIVE | Stephen Caruso, Pennsylvania Capital-Star reporter on redistricting, voting, and maps, maps, maps
Out d’Coup | Ukraine; Freedom Convoy; COVID; Koalas; PA Voting Regs; PA District Maps; PA Extremists; Central Bucks Cancels Field Trip to DC; SpaceX Starlink Probs; Streaming Shows
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